Method request

django/test/client.py:1067–1112

Make a generic request. Compose the environment dictionary and pass to the handler, return the result of the handler. Assume defaults for the query environment, which can be overridden using the arguments to the request.

(self, **request)

        self.headers = None

    def request(self, **request):
        """
        Make a generic request. Compose the environment dictionary and pass
        to the handler, return the result of the handler. Assume defaults for
        the query environment, which can be overridden using the arguments to
        the request.
        """
        environ = self._base_environ(**request)

        # Curry a data dictionary into an instance of the template renderer
        # callback function.
        data = {}
        on_template_render = partial(store_rendered_templates, data)
        signal_uid = "template-render-%s" % id(request)
        signals.template_rendered.connect(on_template_render, dispatch_uid=signal_uid)
        # Capture exceptions created by the handler.
        exception_uid = "request-exception-%s" % id(request)
        got_request_exception.connect(self.store_exc_info, dispatch_uid=exception_uid)
        try:
            response = self.handler(environ)
        finally:
            signals.template_rendered.disconnect(dispatch_uid=signal_uid)
            got_request_exception.disconnect(dispatch_uid=exception_uid)
        # Check for signaled exceptions.
        self.check_exception(response)
        # Save the client and request that stimulated the response.
        response.client = self
        response.request = request
        # Add any rendered template detail to the response.
        response.templates = data.get("templates", [])
        response.context = data.get("context")
        response.json = partial(self._parse_json, response)
        # Attach the ResolverMatch instance to the response.
        urlconf = getattr(response.wsgi_request, "urlconf", None)
        response.resolver_match = SimpleLazyObject(
            lambda: resolve(request["PATH_INFO"], urlconf=urlconf),
        )
        # Flatten a single context. Not really necessary anymore thanks to the
        # __getattr__ flattening in ContextList, but has some edge case
        # backwards compatibility implications.
        if response.context and len(response.context) == 1:
            response.context = response.context[0]
        # Update persistent cookie data.
        if response.cookies:
            self.cookies.update(response.cookies)
        return response

    def get(
        self,